WhereBy.Us

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Company Highlights

Customers include Ford, Miami-Dade County, Citi, wework, and Baptist Health South Florida.

Received a grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

408k in monthly newsletter opens, grew 100% from 10/2017 to 10/2018.

$274K in 3Q2018 Revenue, grew 37% from 3Q2017 (has not been reviewed by an independent CPA).

Fundraise Highlights

Total Amount Raised: US $1,049,173

Total Round Size: US $2,500,000

Raise Description: Seed

Minimum Investment: US $5,000 per investor

Security Type: Convertible Note

Valuation Cap: US $12,000,000

We're building a media platform for understanding and engaging curious locals— the leaders and tastemakers who are powering growing cities around the world. We're live in 4 cities, and headed to more.

The future is built in cities. We believe that cities are centers of innovation, creativity, and exploration, and they're growing like never before, driven by a new generation of young people. That generation wants to know what's happening and what to do where they live, but the system is broken. Based on our research, they spend more time and money on local experiences, but are the least likely to feel attachment to their city.

Today, they have to use a disjointed mix of search, apps, event listings, and traditional news media to find a sense of place. Or to find the best tacos. They need a new model to emerge and serve them. Plus, businesses spend $150B a year trying to reach them where they live.

We’re here to help them keep up, get involved, and make connections that build deep, lasting relationships. We’re here to help a generation of digital nomads live like they live here.

Product & Service

We built a new model for locals focused on curation and community, starting with email newsletters.

We use our platform to create local brands designed to fit the voice and tone of the cities they serve. We’re in four cities today:

Our newsletters are the center of a brand that builds deep, loyal user relationships. Each brand helps users navigate and explore the city with a mix of news and events curation, contributed content, and original projects like neighborhood or voter guides. 1-2 person local teams use our technology to create the product and grow the community.

We have low churn, and strong organic acquisition, because users love our products and form a deeper, more lasting relationship with us than with traditional media.

Monthly churn <3.2% across our cities(based on data from 11/2017-11/2018)

Net promoter score of 69, considered "Excellent" on the -100 to 100 NPS scale

88% of our users come from organic acquisition

32.7% daily open rate average across our cities

There are more than 100 markets in the U.S. like our current ones, and we estimate that we can launch in a new city for less than $150k thanks to our platform.

We've built the platform and playbook to enable lean, rapid scale, serving new communities of users and building lasting relationships along the way.

While others in media are focused on manual content, we're taking a platform approach, building tooling and data to make our work more efficient and effective, while maintaining the localized branding and relationships that can create long-term value. Our technology includes:

Our brand campaigns, priced on a recurring basis at $5,000-$20,000 per month, provide deeper custom engagement through our social channels, emails, and events

Our membership program (in beta Q4 2018) gives our most active users new ways to get involved with our communities

We believe the upside in local is significant, and we’re positioned to enter this market in every growing city. Newspapers were a $30B business, proving the value of local information, and our goal is to replace them. Social ad platforms prove there’s value in targeted, engaged users, but they can’t dig in at a local level.

We’re joining these opportunities to own the future of local engagement. And help people find great tacos.

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Team Story

We met and started WhereBy.Us having the same need we now serve for our users. We were new to Miami, trying to make sense of a changing city and figure out what to do, where to go, and how to get plugged in. We had partners who were from Miami, and had the same need (Miami's quite a different place than it was in the 1980s). Feeling connected to the local community is a vital part of our lives, but the models for building that connection haven't evolved in a century. We thought that was wrong, and in a moment where we seem to have more divisions than ever, we thought it needed changing.

We found a lot of locals had this problem, too, so we started hosting monthly events to get people together talking about the future of the city. Along the way, we found a huge, unserved need for local information and engagement. So we built a new approach.

Today, we are are a group with deep experience in media, community-building, and platform development.

Founders and Officers

Chris is an entrepreneur with expertise in human-centered design and media innovation. Chris previously managed a portfolio of journalism and media innovation grants and investments at Knight Foundation, and has consulted, trained, and spoken for organizations around the world on human-centered design and creating media products for young people.

Christopher Sopher

Co-founder & CEO

Chris is an entrepreneur with expertise in human-centered design and media innovation. Chris previously managed a portfolio of journalism and media innovation grants and investments at Knight Foundation, and has consulted, trained, and spoken for organizations around the world on human-centered design and creating media products for young people.

Rebekah is a designer and developer with a decade of experience in technology product management and online media. She previously worked at University of Miami and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and is founder of technology groups Code for Miami and Hacks/Hackers Miami.

Rebekah Monson

Co-founder & COO

Rebekah is a designer and developer with a decade of experience in technology product management and online media. She previously worked at University of Miami and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and is founder of technology groups Code for Miami and Hacks/Hackers Miami.

Bruce is a creative producer with years of experience in multimedia production and client management. He previously worked at New World Symphony, where he produced interactive media and events, and as a producer for Comcast and Philly.com.

Bruce Pinchbeck

Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer

Bruce is a creative producer with years of experience in multimedia production and client management. He previously worked at New World Symphony, where he produced interactive media and events, and as a producer for Comcast and Philly.com.

Ernie is a product manager and senior engineer with more than 20 years of experience. He leads the development of our technology platform. Prior to WhereBy.Us, Ernie worked at Rackspace, Ning, and Yahoo. He founded his own media company, 8Asians, and is a co-founder with Rebekah Monson of Code for Miami.

Ernie Hsiung

CTO

Ernie is a product manager and senior engineer with more than 20 years of experience. He leads the development of our technology platform. Prior to WhereBy.Us, Ernie worked at Rackspace, Ning, and Yahoo. He founded his own media company, 8Asians, and is a co-founder with Rebekah Monson of Code for Miami.

Chris is a marketer and sales leader who cut his teeth while at CVS, New York Life and 1800 flowers.com in New York City. Chris has 14 years experience launching, developing and managing partnerships with leading brands across multiple industries including: Luxury, Consumer goods, Music, Finance, Retail, Entertainment and Non-Profits.

Chris Adamo

Chief Business Officer

Chris is a marketer and sales leader who cut his teeth while at CVS, New York Life and 1800 flowers.com in New York City. Chris has 14 years experience launching, developing and managing partnerships with leading brands across multiple industries including: Luxury, Consumer goods, Music, Finance, Retail, Entertainment and Non-Profits.

Mark Kingdon

Hong Qu

S. Mitra Kalita

Marco Botero

Advisor, Head of Twitter US Hispanic, previously at ESPN, Sony Pictures

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Making an Investment in WhereBy.Us

How does investing work?

When you complete your investment on SeedInvest, your money will be transferred to an escrow account where an
independent escrow agent will watch over your investment until it is accepted by WhereBy.Us. Once
WhereBy.Us accepts your investment, and certain regulatory procedures are completed, your money will
be transferred from the escrow account to WhereBy.Us in exchange for your securities. At that point, you
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After My Investment

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Currently there is no market or liquidity for these securities. Right now WhereBy.Us does not plan to
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choose to do so, but until then you should plan to hold your investment for a significant period of time before a
“liquidation event” occurs. A “liquidation event” is when WhereBy.Us either lists their securities on an
exchange, is acquired, or goes bankrupt.

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